Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

Critical Care
Critical Care
Is It Pneumonia, Heart Failure, or Both? Biomarkers Can Help Diagnose Dyspnea
02/17/2016
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Acutely ill patients tend to have similar complaints.
02/17/2016
Iron Therapy
Iron Therapy
More to the Story: When Oral Iron is not an Effective Therapy
11/11/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Physicians today have several options when selecting the best iron supplements for their patients. In the past, oral iron was considered the gold standard, but with new safer parenteral iron supplements on...
11/11/2013
Vitamin D
Vitamin D
Vitamin D as a Contemporary Panacea
05/07/2012
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p><strong><em><img alt="" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/images/1205Con_TPVitaminD_Fg.jpg" style="float:left" width="90"...
05/07/2012
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia: Discerning the Cause in 5 Cases
04/30/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD; Melanie R. Drake, MD
<div id="article-content-body"> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/ConCPRutecki4.jpg" style="border:1px solid black; height:93px;...
04/30/2011
Medication Safety and Bar Codes: Not a Panacea?
Medication Safety and Bar Codes: Not a Panacea?
Medication Safety and Bar Codes: Not a Panacea?
04/27/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p><span class="article-text"><span>Medication errors contribute substantially to unsafe hospital and ambulatory environments. The Institute of Medicine estimates that on average...
04/27/2011
Penile Lesion
Penile Lesion
What Is This Penile Lesion?- Question
04/21/2011
Manny Rodriguez, DO; Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p>For 20 years, a lesion has been slowly growing on the penis of a 51-year-old man. He has noted bleeding and a foul-smelling discharge from the mass. Recently, the patient experienced a 30-lb weight...
04/21/2011
c difficile
c difficile
A Bad, Bad Bug: An Update on C Difficile
05/21/2015
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
In 2011, the number of serious healthcare-associated infections caused by the germ Clostridium difficile was estimated to be nearly 1.5 million.
05/21/2015
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
Responding to Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolic Disease
04/25/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p>Despite being the “most preventable cause of death among hospitalized patients,” pulmonary embolic disease (PED) still manages to claim 100,000 to 180,000 lives a year in the United States.<span...
04/25/2013
Vitamins: More Good Than Bad or Ugly?
12/21/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<div class="section"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Does the evidence still support vitamin and...
12/21/2011
Bacterial Scourge
Bacterial Scourge
What to Do When One Bacterial Scourge Begets Another
04/28/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>With the significant rise in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, a small rise in the number of cases of Clostridium...
04/28/2011